#alvorlig

NORWEGIAN WORD OF THE DAY

alvorlig

(def./plur.) alvorlige

(comparative) alvorligere

(superlative) alvorligst

adj. serious, severe

Hun har vært i en alvorlig bilulykke. / She has been in a severe car accident.

Han er en alvorlig type. / He's a serious type/guy.

I. Alvorlig (adj) serious; grave; earnest; (streng, verdig) grave; det blir en ~ historie for ham he will get into serious trouble over this; en ~ konkurrent a dangerous competitor; holde seg ~ keep serious, keep a straight face; legge ansiktet i -e folder put on a grave face.

II. Alvorlig (adv) seriously, earnestly, gravely; (i høy grad) thoroughly, seriously (fx frightened); mene det ~ be serious (about it), mean it seriously, be in earnest; T mean business; det var ikke ~ ment med den beskjeden I wasn’t serious about that message; I was only joking when I gave you (,him, etc) that m.; se ~ på saken take a serious (,sterkere: grave) view of the matter; ta ~ take (sby, sth) seriously; man kan aldri ta ham (riktig) ~ one can never take him quite seriously; he’s never quite serious; he always has his tongue in his cheek; han tar sitt arbeid ~ (også) he is an earnest worker; ~ sint really angry; gg~ talt seriously (speaking), to be serious; (se mene & tenke).

Kål cabbage; gjøre ~ på make hay of, make short work of; S bump (fx sby) off; (mat) polish off (fx the food); koke bort i -en come to nothing; T fizzle out; peter out.

En gang, engang (en enkelt gang) once, on one occasion; (i fortiden) once, one day; at one time; (i fremtiden) some day, at some future date; det var ~ once upon a time there was, there was once; tenk Dem ~ just fancy, just imagine; ikke ~ not even; kommer De nå endelig ~ here you are at last; ~ imellom now and then, sometimes, occasionally; ~ til så mye as much again; ~ til så stor as big again.

T - talespråk, colloquial S - slang